- HD 1080
- Runtime: 102m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Sheldon Reynolds
- Stars: Patrick O'Neal, Joan Hackett, John Gielgud, Herbert Lom, Eric Portman
- keywords: detective, zurich, switzerland, insurance fraud, bluff, murder, private investigator, insurance investigator, private detective, woman drowned, sinking ship, private eye, shipping magnate, insurance detective, shipping company, insurance company, swiss bank account, insurance money, notary
- Production_studio: William Conrad Productions
- Slogan: Poor Dominique...she was always in hot water. Now she was in over her head - in the middle of a $15,000,000 international conspiracy. Richard Cutting's dead girl friend triggers this assignment to kill.
- The Assignment to Kill is featured in the top rankings of 1968
- #91 in Top Drama Movies of 1968
- #25 in Top Crime Movies of 1968
- #9 in Top Mystery Movies of 1968
A private eye is hired by an insurance company to investigate a shipping magnate suspected of deliberately sinking his own ships for the insurance money. He finds himself involved in a web of deception, double-crossing and murder.